Gideon Obarzanek

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Gideon Obarzanek (born 1966 in Melbourne)[1] is an Australian choreographer, director and performing arts curator. He was Artistic Associate with the Melbourne Festival (2015–2017), co-curator and director of 'XO State' at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Asia TOPA) (2015–2017). Obarzanek was appointed Chair of the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2015 and Strategic Cultural Engagement Manager at Chancellery at the University of Melbourne in 2018.

Gideon Obarzanek spent his early childhood in Israel on an agricultural

Netherlands Dance Theatre
.

Obarzanek founded dance company Chunky Move in 1995 and was CEO and Artistic Director until 2012. His works for Chunky Move have been diverse in form and content including stage productions, installations, site-specific works participatory events and film. These have been performed in many festivals and theatres around the world including Edinburgh International BAM Next Wave NY, Venice Biennale, Southbank London and all major Australian performing arts festivals.

As Associate Artist at the Sydney Theatre Company (2012), Obarzanek wrote and directed the stage play Dance Better at Parties. In 2013 he was awarded an Australia Council Fellowship to further research with other film, dance and theatre makers, new works to be simultaneously created for both stage and screen. In the same year he co-directed the documentary/drama film I Want to Dance Better at Parties with filmmaker Matthew Bate and won the 2014 Sydney Film Festival's Dendy Award for best short film and was broadcast on ABC TV.

Works since 2012

  • Bangsokol – A Requim for Cambodia. Staging Director. Commissioned by Cambodian Living Arts and produced by The Office. Premier BAM Next Wave NYC 2017.
  • Attractor. Dance/music performance. Co-director and choreographer. Produced by Dancenorth Australia, Lucy Guerin Inc. Asia TOPA, WOMADelaide, Brisbane Festival. Premier Asia TOPA 2017.
  • Once Upon a Time in the Western Suburbs. VR film. Co-writer and director. Commissioned by Art Centre Melbourne and Closer Productions. Premier 2017.
  • Two Jews walk into a theatre... Play. Co-writer and performer. Produced by Arthouse Melbourne. Premier Arthouse Melbourne 2016.
  • Stuck In The Middle With You. VR film. Co-writer and director. Produced by ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) and Closer Productions. Premier 2016.
  • L’Chaim. Director and choreographer. Produced and performed by Sydney Dance Company. Premier 2014.
  • I Want to Dance Better at Parties. Docudrama film. Co-writer and director. Produced by Closer productions, Adelaide Film Festival and ABC TV. Premier 2013.
  • Dance Better at Parties. Play. Writer and director. Produced and presented by Sydney Theatre Company. Premier 2013.
  • There’s Definitely a Prince Involved. Ballet. Director and choreographer. The Australian Ballet. Premier 2012.

Awards

Works at Chunky Move 1995 - 2011

Source:[3]

  • Assembly, (2011)
  • Faker, (2011)
  • Connected, (2011)
  • Mortal Engine, (2009)
  • Two Faced Bastard, (2008) with Lucy Guerin
  • Dance Like Your Old Man a film co-directed with Edwina Throsby
  • Glow, (2006)[4]
  • Singularity, (2006)
  • I Want to Dance Better at Parties, (2004)[5]
  • Tense Dave, (2003)[6]
  • Three's a Crowd, (2003)
  • Closer, (2002)
  • WANTED program - Wanted: Ballet for a Contemporary Democracy Clear Pale Skin, (2002)
  • Arcade program, (2001)
    • 100% Off
  • COMBINATION NO. 3, (2000)
    • Crumpled
  • Hydra, (2000)
  • Live Acts program
    • Disco.very
    • Soap
    • Antistatic
  • EXPORT FILE program, (1999)
    • All the Better to Eat You With
    • Corrupted
  • BODYPARTS program, (1999)
    • All the Better to Eat You With
  • Wet, (1998)
  • FLESHMEET program, (1998)
    • Corrupted2
  • Bonehead, (1997)
  • Fast Idol, (1995)

Further reading

  • 'Gideon Obarzanek: Daring Dance' in Potter, M., (1997), A Passion for Dance, Canberra: National Library of Australia, pp. 79–91.

References

  1. ^ a b Obarzanek, Gideon (1966) at Australia Dancing[usurped]
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Zimmer, Smiles of a Summer Night: The Bessies come of age with a transnational roster, The Village Voice, 20 September 2005, (accessed 29 April 2007)". Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Chunky Move works, accessed 14 September 2008". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  4. ^ Chunky Move: Tech Trek Archived 3 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice, 26 February 2008, (accessed 10 March 2008)
  5. ^ Review of I Want to Dance Better at Parties Archived 18 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Village Voice, 14 July 2006, (accessed 15 July 2006)
  6. ^ Tobi Tobias, Dance, Village Voice, 24 May 2005 accessed 16 September 2008

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